The correction of the distorted schema has been considered as a core therapeutic factor in the exposure therapy according to cognitive models of social anxiety. But therapeutic mechanism studies involving emotional processing studies have suggested th...
The correction of the distorted schema has been considered as a core therapeutic factor in the exposure therapy according to cognitive models of social anxiety. But therapeutic mechanism studies involving emotional processing studies have suggested that the hypothesis of cognitive approaches would be limited. According to Huh's study, however, the experience and awareness of autonomous bodily responses would be important in exposure therapy. The current study aims to investigate the role of the experience and awareness of autonomous bodily responses in exposure therapy of social anxiety. In study 1, the role of the cognition in the exposure therapy without safety behaviors was examined. And the role of the experience and awareness of autonomous bodily responses in exposure therapy was investigated in study 2. The results revealed that the experiences and awareness of bodily responses led to the reduction of social anxiety measurement, especially in physiological anxiety measurement. The results were discussed.